daily soapbox

“Here is where I sound off.  Don’t know if that is a good thing or bad.”

1/25/09

Apparently, I am considered an elitist.  According to the article, “Top chefs push Obama to improve food policy”, terms like “real food” and “farm-to-table” are considered “elitist jargon.”  Really?  By wanting fresh, non-processed food, I am looked upon as a snob?  Well if so, then call me stuck-up ~ I have been called far worse.  Ω
1/26/09

When we went to Seattle for Thanksgiving this past year, I went through some of my belongings I left at my brother’s.  I found my copy of YOU: On A Diet by Dr. Mehmet Oz & Dr. Michael Roizen and decided to bring it back with me.  Ever since then, I have been reading it fervently to see if it can help me in any way to lose my weight.  Dr. Oz is awesome in my opinion and the book is a great read.  But I had been thinking these past couple of weeks that Dr. Oz should do something to help kids with their weight, not just adults.  I especially feel for kids who are overweight – the teasing, the lack of self-esteem, and the discontent they feel breaks my heart and I know first hand what it’s like.  So on today’s and tomorrow’s episodes of Oprah, they will be discussing interventions with teens that are overweight.  They use the term obese, but I HATE it.  It sounds so derogatory.  Not that overweight is any better, but…so I am looking forward to these enlightening episodes and applaud Dr. Oz for listening to me telepathically.  🙂  Ω